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I. INTRODUCTION II. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE AMAZON A. Overview B. AllRise Complaint III. THE ROME STATUTE & THE ICC IV. ARTICLE 7 OF THE ROME STATUTE A. The "Chapeau" [...], Article 7(1)(k) of the Rome Statute includes "other inhumane acts of a similar character," within the enumerated acts of crimes against humanity. This Note examines whether certain acts of ecocide may be prosecuted by the ICC under this provision, proposes a definition for ecocide in a crimes against humanity context, and analyzes whether former President Jair Bolsonaro's destruction of the Amazon as alleged by 2021 AllRise Complaint can be prosecuted in the ICC as a crime against humanity.

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